Legal Opinion
Stoddard v. Quinn
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 31, 1984No. Civ. 84-0208-PPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GENE CARTER, Judge.
In this action plaintiffs Phyllis Ann Stoddard and Kenneth Stoddard challenge the constitutionality of 21 M.R.S.A. § 494 (1983 & Supp.1983-1984), which prescribes requirements independent candidates must meet in order to be placed on the state election ballot. Plaintiffs claim requirements that independent candidates obtain a minimum number of signatures upon a nominating petition and that nominating petitions be filed by April 1 in the election year violate their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Jurisdiction is properly asserted under 28 U.S.C. §§…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by19 opinions
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